Cost and cost-effectiveness of newborn home visits: Findings from the Newhints cluster-randomised controlled trial in rural Ghana

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages e45-e56

  Pitt, Catherine ^a   Tawiah, Theresa ^b   Soremekun, Seyi ^a   ten Asbroek, Augustinus H A ^a,d   Manu, Alexander ^b,c   Tawiah Agyemang, Charlotte ^b   Hill, Zelee ^e   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a,b   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a   Hanson, Kara ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HOME VISIT; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84952877337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00207-7     Document Type: Article

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